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The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio : The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan / Ozaki Yukio.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2023]Copyright date: 2001Description: 1 online resource (416 p.) : 7 b/w illusContent type:
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  • 9780691258904
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.52/092 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustration -- Translator’s Note -- About the Translators -- Foreword -- 1. The Birth of Constitutional Government in Japan -- 2. In Preparation for a National Parliament -- 3. Around the Time of the Security Ordinance -- 4. The Early Days of the Parliament -- 5. From the Matsukata-Ōkuma Government to the Ōkuma-Itagaki Government -- 6. The Birth of the Seiyu¯kai -- 7. The Era of the Russo-Japanese War -- 8. The Movement to Protect Constitutional Government -- 9. The Ōkuma Cabinet Era -- 10. The State of Domestic and Foreign Policy after the War -- 11. The Suffrage Movement and Arms Control -- 12. From Taishō to Shōwa -- 13. Japan in the Storm -- 14. The Pacific War and Its Aftermath -- Index
Summary: Personal reflections by one of the makers of modern JapanOzaki Yukio, who was returned to his seat in the Japanese Diet twenty-five times, served in that body from its inception in 1890 to 1953. He was several times a cabinet member and, for ten years, mayor of Tokyo. A strong advocate of representative government, he both witnessed and propelled Japan’s transformation from a late feudal society to a modern state. His autobiography, available in English for the first time, gives an insider’s account of key episodes and leaders over seven decades of Japanese history.Ozaki’s political life spanned the Meiji rise to power and Japan’s defeat in World War II, and Ozaki played a significant role in each phase of that epic. As a young reporter, he gained preeminence with incisive calls for supremacy in East Asia. A European trip that showed him the devastation of World War I converted him to advocacy of arms reduction and international cooperation. He watched with dismay as Japan encountered isolation and military disaster. Known for the courage of his convictions, he became a marked man, carrying a death poem in his pocket. His sturdy independence survived the American occupation, as he deplored his associates’ readiness to heed occupation dictates.Ozaki’s story reverberates with the immediacy of his personal knowledge of every major Japanese political figure for three-quarters of a century. It is the account of a man who made history as well as writing it. His story is the story of modern Japan. Through it, readers will gain first-hand knowledge of Japanese constitutional history, a history with rich relevance for contemporary Japanese politics.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustration -- Translator’s Note -- About the Translators -- Foreword -- 1. The Birth of Constitutional Government in Japan -- 2. In Preparation for a National Parliament -- 3. Around the Time of the Security Ordinance -- 4. The Early Days of the Parliament -- 5. From the Matsukata-Ōkuma Government to the Ōkuma-Itagaki Government -- 6. The Birth of the Seiyu¯kai -- 7. The Era of the Russo-Japanese War -- 8. The Movement to Protect Constitutional Government -- 9. The Ōkuma Cabinet Era -- 10. The State of Domestic and Foreign Policy after the War -- 11. The Suffrage Movement and Arms Control -- 12. From Taishō to Shōwa -- 13. Japan in the Storm -- 14. The Pacific War and Its Aftermath -- Index

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Personal reflections by one of the makers of modern JapanOzaki Yukio, who was returned to his seat in the Japanese Diet twenty-five times, served in that body from its inception in 1890 to 1953. He was several times a cabinet member and, for ten years, mayor of Tokyo. A strong advocate of representative government, he both witnessed and propelled Japan’s transformation from a late feudal society to a modern state. His autobiography, available in English for the first time, gives an insider’s account of key episodes and leaders over seven decades of Japanese history.Ozaki’s political life spanned the Meiji rise to power and Japan’s defeat in World War II, and Ozaki played a significant role in each phase of that epic. As a young reporter, he gained preeminence with incisive calls for supremacy in East Asia. A European trip that showed him the devastation of World War I converted him to advocacy of arms reduction and international cooperation. He watched with dismay as Japan encountered isolation and military disaster. Known for the courage of his convictions, he became a marked man, carrying a death poem in his pocket. His sturdy independence survived the American occupation, as he deplored his associates’ readiness to heed occupation dictates.Ozaki’s story reverberates with the immediacy of his personal knowledge of every major Japanese political figure for three-quarters of a century. It is the account of a man who made history as well as writing it. His story is the story of modern Japan. Through it, readers will gain first-hand knowledge of Japanese constitutional history, a history with rich relevance for contemporary Japanese politics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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